Do you think Superman and Batman are really friends or just work partners?

They were bros prior to Crisis. Since then, it kinda depends on the writer but they usually respect one another at the very least.

I like it when these two are making snarky and sarcastic comments at each other while smacking the poor sod who decided to fight 'em.

Make that plural.

Superman is Batman's greatest enemy

LEX AND JOKER FUSION

>work rivals
Lmao Batman works with humans

Batman doesn't trust gods, aliens and superhumans

That is why Batman has plans to kill them all, if they turn evil

That's what an NPC redditor would think

Yes

No, that is what it takes to be a hero

Fuck Superman
Superman is weak, he always becomes evil if you kill his wife lmao

>This is what being a bat fanboy does to your brain.

Superman's best friend is Batman
Clark Kent's best friend is Jimmy Olsen

What about Dick Grayson?

No, they literally ruin the very CONCEPT of friendship user

That's also what an NPC redditor would think

Wally?

They are Super best friends

Superman is always Batman's friend.
Batman is only sometimes a friend for Superman.

Superman is the friend Bruce really doesn't deserve.

Friends.
Clark is the type of guy to consider you a friend even as a work partner. There are probably tons of people he works with he's only had one or two conversations with maybe even as short as forced pleasantries and eh still considers them a friend that if they were ever in any kind of trouble he'd do his best to help them out. But I guess when you think about it, that's just Superman for everyone.
Batman might be closed off but he'd have to be delusional not to realize that Clark would always have his back and genuinely cares for all his teammates. He'd be forced to respect that and consider him a friend because of it.

reading this is Arnett's batman voice makes this 10x better

Who’s the bigger threat, the Lex who Laughs or the Joker who Businesses?

It's more like
Pre-COIE: Bros
Byrne to early 90s: Distant but has respect
late 90s to Infinite Crisis: antagonistic but has respect/friendship sometimes
Post-IC: Kinda bros again
New 52: Initial antagonism but became bros

Here's your answer youtube.com/watch?v=-G4Y8JtT1j0

My favorite take is when Bat's a standoffish jerk while Supes is friendly but bemused, with occasional moments of genuine open friendship from both. I don't like when they're too buddy-buddy, feels weird.

>Joker who Businesses

Hard to imagine a Joker being sane and together enough to actually run a business empire still being Joker.

I would love to see them have sex

Bruce is incapable of friendship, one of the many reasons he's such a shit character

It's a toxic, one-sided friendship.

There's no good comics with them as friends outside of the Silver Age.

My headcanon of Batman's relationships with other major heroes

>Superman
BFFs.

>Barry Allen
Batman has this respect for Barry, because here's a guy, a regular human guy, who got superpowers one day, and started using them to help people. Not because of some extraordinary background. Not because get was motivated by avenging some loss. But just because he wanted to help people. Bruce sometimes wonder, "if my parents weren't murdered, would I be as good a person as Barry? Or is suffering personal loss the only thing that would have opened my eyes to the suffering of others? [This relies on my headcanon of the Geoff Johns origin not being a thing]

>Hal Jordon
Batman's never quite trusted him since the Parallax thing. He claims it's because Hal too easily let his fear get the better of him, but deep down, the reason Bruce still holds the Parallax thing against Hal is that he sees too much of himself in Hal's actions. Too much of what he could fall into. If Bruce were granted that power, would he also use it to try to impose his will and make the universe "right?" To rule through fear? Batman doesn't like to think about that, so he project it onto Hal by being kind of cold toward him.

>Wonder Woman
Batman's really impressed that, instead of just relying on her god-gifted powers, Wonder Woman is actually a trained and capable fighter. Most other supers think that punching hard means they don't need to learn how to throw a punch.

Batman is as far from being a "hero" as you can get. He is a selfish manchild who spends his time devising ways to kill heroes when not actively protecting evildoers from the death they deserve. That's not even getting into how he abuses and endangers nearly a dozen children.

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They were roommates

> LEX AND JOKER FUSION
Isn’t that basically what Norman Osborn/Green Goblin is?
Evil businessman by day, crazy nut at night.

Where does that panel where Clark tries to call Bruce and Alfred lies to him about Bruce not being there and Clark sheds manly tears

>Green Arrow
Green Arrow looked up to Batman, which is why he patterned himself on him, but when he joined the League and actually MET Batman—he became disenchanted because he found took himself too seriously. It actually caused Ollie to start making fun of Batman.
Batman likewise makes jabs at Ollie, never letting him live down the "Arrowcar" and "Arrowcave." They've got a bit of a rivalry, getting into dick-measuring contests a lot. But it's actually kind of amicable. It was Batman that WANTED Ollie on the League. On a team full of gods, Batman feels the team needs somebody with a more human perspective, especially one as outspoken as Ollie, to challenge them and keep them honest. And he feels he can't fulfill that role himself, because despite being human, he knows he isn't as grounded and in touch with people as Ollie is. And though Batman makes fun of Ollie for copying him, Batman is himself inspired by Ollie. Seeing how much he does for his community inspires Batman to make sure to use his Bruce Wayne side more often for good, and to try to be less detached from the people he's trying to protect as Batman.

>Martian Manhunter
One of the heroes whom Batman places the most trust in. They've had silent, unspoken little telepathic peeks into each other's pain. It's consensual. Batman knows J'onn is in there sometimes, and J'onn is only in Batman's head sometimes because he knows he's cool with it. On any version of the League he's on, Batman insists J'onn be there, because he knows that despite J'onn's aloofness, J'onn is great at unifying teams.

>John Stewart
Batman's favourite GL. He likes how analytic he is, how he actually thinks through his constructs. He gets along with him better than he does with Hal, and MUCH better than he does with Guy. Each time the League's forming, Batman's like, "can we get John?"

>Kyle Rayber
Batman's other favourite GL. Even though Kyle had to learn to master his fears instead of being naturally fearless, Batman has no problem with that. In fact, he thinks being "fearless" is overrated. In a lot of cases, it just means being dumb. Kyle is at least willing to learn.

>Wally West
Seeing him grow up from his colleague's sidekick to a colleague himself, Batman is proud of Wally and feels protective of him. Though he shows it by giving him a hard time. Wally sometimes has to remind him that he's not one of his Robins or something, so there's no need to use that patronizing tone.

>Zatanna
You know those friends who used to sleep together, but are still friends? They're that. And Batman's glad that he can call her whenever magic shit happens, because Batman hates magic shit. Actually, I think it would be a funny running gag if both Superman and Batman hated magic shit, and whenever they're working together and they realize they're dealing with magic, they're like "not this shit."

>Aquaman
I guess there those colleagues that know each other, but don't really know each other because they never really talk. There's no reason they don't talk much, no antipathy or anything. They just don't/

That was from pre-COIE, but in the 80s

Clark considers Bruce his friend; Batgod has no friends

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They should be in a romantic relationship.
No I'm not a fujo, but you can't tell me if either of them were a woman that DC wouldn't always try to pair them together. More chemistry than shitty wonderbat or SM/WW

Good headcanon. I particularly like your take on Bruce's respect for Barry - well thought out.
I don't know about Aquaman, though. I enjoyed their dynamic in Throne of Atlantis, and Batman: Brave and the Bold has sort of carved their friendship into my heart, though I know it's ooc.

Really liked this, user. Could you do it to some other characters? Maybe his villains, or the batfam? Do one with Azrael XD

No human is worthy of being Superman's best friend, but if anyone deserves it, it's Batman.

>No human is worthy of being Superman's best friend
Not this Jesus crap again.

You're letting someone named Snyder live Rent Free again. I said nothing about Jesus.

You can't honestly believe Superman deserves to have such a crappy friend as Batman

Nice people being nice to each other

It's canon that Superman gave the kryptonite ring to Bruce because Clark is the only one he cares about to break his kill rule for

Didn't Bruce grieve when Superman "died" from his battle with Doomsday?

It depends, sometimes they're just good associates and other times they're best friends.
I have my own personal joke about Clark being irrationally angry about Bruce not eating a Pie Lois made once, referencing this panel.

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>Actually, I think it would be a funny running gag if both Superman and Batman hated magic shit, and whenever they're working together and they realize they're dealing with magic, they're like "not this shit."
I headcanon this, especially after that scene in Injustice 2 where Batman says Superman hates magic, and Superman goes I'll manage.

that nigga hates fun
tf he scowling for? he knows lois kek be polite bro
maybe he's salty for getting caught lurking on the farm

>Bruce, I gotta be honest...something's been bothering me

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In modern interpretations Clark is too good a friend for Bruce, who writers love making a turbo autist. The last time they really felt like friends was between Bruce's return post-final crisis and before flashpoint when Bruce had mellowed out a lot towards his family and friends

you’d seethe too if you saw how comfy clark’s life is

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